The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called FishAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Monday 28 November 2005
Description
A riveting, unforgettable survival story, poetically told and exquisitely illustrated with rounded scratchboard art, that captures the strength and grace of Inupiaq culture.
In 1913, a boat called Fish, part of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, became stuck in the Arctic ice. On board were a captain and crew, scientists and explorers, a cat, forty sled dogs, Inupiaq hunters, and an Inupaiq family with two small girls.
Even with the Inupiat and their skills of hunting and sewing, even with the familys care and wisdom, even with the compassion and courage of their captain, odds for survival in the cold dark Arctic seem against the passengers of the Karluk.
And by the storys end, readers will know something of the way of life in the high north, something of the song of the place, the wide sky, the sound of the wind, the ptarmigan.
This beautiful 48-page book includes details of centuries-old crafts and skillsof sewing boots from caribou legs and ugruk skin, of quickly cutting snow houses, of wearing wooden goggles to ward off snow blindnessthat will enrich modern imaginations.
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